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Glasgow Coma Scale
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- 1Best Eye Response (E)Eyes opening spontaneously - 4
Eyes opening to speech - 3
Eyes opening in response to pain - 2
No eye opening - 1 - 2Best Verbal response (V)Oriented (pt responds coherently and appropriately to questions about person, place, time and situation) - 5
confused (pt responds to questions coherently but there is some disorientation and confusion) - 4
Inappropriate words (random or exclamatory speech, but not conversational exchange) - 3
Incomprehensible sounds ( moaning but no words) - 2
None - 1 - 3Best Motor Response (M)Obeys commands (pt does simple things as asked) - 6
Localizes to pain (purposeful movements toward changing painful stimuli) - 5
withdraws from pain (pulls part of body away when pinched) - 4
Flexion in response to pain
(decorticate response) - 3
Extension to pain
(decerebrate response) -2
No motor response - 1 - 4How does the GCS scoring work and what does it communicate?Scores range from 3-15 and communicate about the level of consciousness of patients with an acute brain injury.
The findings using the scale guide initial decision making/monitor trends in responsiveness that are important in signalling the need for new actions. - 5What 3 areas are assessed with the GCS?Eye, verbal and motor responses
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- TBI FlashCards sobre Glasgow Coma Scale , criado por Rachel Layton em 05-10-2018.
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